API 12-051-04218OrphanedOil well
Hopper (South) 2
Oil well in Fayette County, Illinois · operated by Hughes Production
Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.
Spud date
—
Drilling began
Completion
Sep 1, 1938
Plug date
—
Total depth
1,559 ft
As published by the state
Registry record
- API #
- 12-051-04218
- Status
- Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
- Type
- Oil(OIL)
- County
- Fayette
- Coordinates
- 39.06083, -88.91942
- State record #
- 120510421801
Operator
- Wells operated
- 12
- Active
- 2
- States
- IL
- As filed
- Hughes Production Co.
Location & nearby wells
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| Well | API # | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garver-Marchman 3 | 12-051-01778 | Active | Injection | Hoss, L. B. |
| Stewart 1 | 12-051-00681 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L & G Oil Co |
| Ireland, Eugene 1 | 12-051-24969 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. E. Brehm Drilling & Prod. |
| Kelly et al 3 | 12-051-04644 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belden, W. L. |
| Maxwell 1 | 12-051-02190 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Extex, Inc. |
| Marchman 1 | 12-051-01758 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hoss, L. B. Trust |
Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.